Knovel announces new appointments - July 4, 2011
Engineering resources provider Knovel, US, has announced the addition of two senior executives to its management team – Lou Desiderio as Chief Financial Officer and Steve Dunn as Senior Vice President of Global Sales at Knovel. Collectively adding more than 45 years of experience to… Read More
ALPSP announces Sarah Durrant as new Chief Executive - July 1, 2011
The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) has announced the appointment of Sarah Durrant as Chief Executive. Sarah brings to ALPSP more than twenty years experience in scholarly publishing gained in a variety of roles at major publishing houses and related organisations. Since… Read More
Jay Jordan to step down as OCLC President and CEO - June 28, 2011
Computer library service and research organisation OCLC, US, has announced that Jay Jordan will retire as President and CEO of OCLC Online Computer Library Center on June 30, 2012. The announcement was made by the OCLC Board Chair Larry Alford at the OCLC President's Luncheon during… Read More
BMJ Group announces appointment of new editors for specialist titles - June 27, 2011
Medical publisher the BMJ Group, UK, has announced the appointment of new editors for several of its specialist titles. Appointments have been announced for BMJ Case Reports, Frontline Gastroenterology, the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health and the Journal of Medical Ethics. Seema Biswas has… Read More
SAGE announces new Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science - June 24, 2011
Academic publisher SAGE has announced the retirement of the current Editor-in-Chief of the Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, Professor Matthew Cartmell from the University of Glasgow. He will be succeeded by the new Editor-in-Chief, Professor John Chew… Read More
Holger Volland to head Conferences / Creative Industries division of the Frankfurt Book Fair - June 22, 2011
The Frankfurt Book Fair has announced the appointment of Holger Volland as head of the Conferences / Creative Industries division of the Frankfurt Book Fair. In this new role, he joins the management team of Ausstellungs- und Messe GmbH. Since the beginning of the year,… Read More
BioMed Central names Yijun Qi as co-Editor-in-Chief of the journal, Silence - June 20, 2011
Open access publisher BioMed Central has announced the appointment of Yijun Qi as co-Editor-in-Chief of the journal, Silence. He succeeds Prof. David Baulcombe, University of Cambridge, who is stepping down as co-Editor-in-Chief of the journal. Dr Qi is an Associate Investigator at the National Institute… Read More
IOP Publishing names Dr Graham McCann as head of product management and innovation - June 17, 2011
Non-profit scientific publisher Institute of Physics (IOP) Publishing, UK, has announced the appointment of Dr Graham McCann as head of product management and innovation. Reporting to Dr Olaf Ernst, commercial director of IOP, Dr McCann will take responsibility for developing and implementing the company's electronic… Read More
Two OCLC Researchers to serve ACRL Research Planning and Review committee - June 16, 2011
Computer library service and research organisation OCLC, US, has announced that two of its researchers will serve the ACRL Research Planning and Review committee. Senior Research Scientist Lynn Silipigni Connaway will chair the committee in 2011-12, and Senior Program Officer Merrilee Proffitt was recently appointed to… Read More
LSU Press Director MaryKatherine Callaway elected President of AAUP - June 13, 2011
The Association of American University Presses (AAUP) has announced that Louisiana State University Press Director MaryKatherine Callaway assumed leadership of the AAUP for the 2011-2012 term, at the AAUP Annual Meeting in Baltimore. Callaway succeeds Richard Brown, director of Georgetown University Press, who will remain on… Read More
